Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

This was a missed opportunity and totally overrated. I guess that means the book was the same, but here they had a chance to improve of fix the problems of the book. Every single character was one dimensional and stereotypical. And in a very annoying way to the point of being totally useless and uninteresting. The dad was the worst offender. He was pointless. He was essentially just there and served as a emasculated male providing the MUCH NEEDED masculine energy in this film. You never get to know anything about him. The mom came close second as someone who basically just kept saying "oh, honey, I'm sorry." The DEI quotas come off as condescending, obligatory and phony. There was literally a line from Margaret to the teacher of how great of a teacher he was, but all they showed were his few awkward moments. The only thing that came close to being interesting, which was the religious conflict between the factions of the families lasted about 3 minutes. If you are into watching 11 year old girls praying for their cycles to begin and growing breast, then you will love this, but that is all this movie was. The religious aspect of this was a tidbit and never went anywhere. In fact NOTHING came about anything in this. The girl friendships, the boy crushes, the family feuds. This was really just a mess. And I WANTED To like it.

The movie deals with trials and tribulations of a young girl on the verge of reaching teenhood. I want to keep this review short, since the movie has very little to offer aside from very well caught glimpses on the psyche of a young little girl. Glimpses such as peer pressure to fit in a new school, the awkwardness of hormonal and bodily changes, moral ambiguities that arise after one becomes part of a clique. All very well done and masterfully caught on camera. The main lead girl is adorable and plays her part very well. There is also a conflict that is supposed to be the main premise of the movie which is being born to parents with different religious backgrounds but no real conflict ever arises. And apart from some scenes of the main girl having inner monologues talking to god and some very mild conflict scenes inside the family there is never any real tension arising from that theme. You could cut out all the religious premises and the movie would remain nearly unchanged. So the movie becomes a brief and authentic glimpse at a little girls mild struggles in the transitional phase of her life. Heartwarming but uninteresting. No conflict, no story, no movie.

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